25-11-2013, 04:08 PM
I have had some strange problems with this track , when I first drove f1 here on a rubbered in track I had absolutely no grip , I couldn’t turn in or it spun out , I couldnt even get the power down on the striaghts without breaking traction and spinning off , it was as though it was a wet track it was that bad , I was on the point of missing this race when I decided to see if it was the same for f2 , I went out in f2 and the grip was there and it was a nice track to drive , went back to f1 and I had grip ???
During the racing I discovered that if I had a car near me going into the complex after the pits , the frame rate dropped dramatically and I couldn’t turn or brake properly , this cleared by the time I got to woodcote and was ok for the rest of the lap
Qually
Going off lap times I was not expecting greater than 6 or 7th and that’s how it turned out , wasn’t really happy on this track but I was satisfied with what I got .
Race 1
Got a good start and dropped in behind H , went into the complex and all hell broke loose with my car , she wouldn’t brake or turn properly and was all over the place , I thought something had broken , to compound the problem whilst wrestling with the car I selected neutral , the poor guy behind me (Cookie I think) must have been having a nightmare wondering what the hell I was doing , fortunately I gathered it up and got going not loosing any places , saw H and G battling ahead and was slowly catching them , but found I had the same problem each lap at the complex and started to approach it more tentatively , G went wide so I followed H through , we stayed this way until lap 6 when I went for my pitstop , G followed me in but was a lot faster than me and rear ended me which spun me , fortunately no damage occurred , pitstop (43sec) went OK , the rest of the race went ok , I had G behind me for part of it but I could see he was struggling to stay with me so I felt ok apart from the ongoing problem with the complex , saw G go off so I just relaxed , without him near me I could take the complex fine , had a scary moment near the end when Jesus and Nikos tangled at turn 1 just in front of me , fortunately they spun away from the line I was on .
Race 2
Started ok missed the carnage , handled the complex better this time and was 4th , chased by H , was managing to hold him then the flying Dutchman arrived and made short work of the pair of us , pitted on lap 6 and managed to spin on the green pit lane luckily no damage , came out on a clear track but then saw Bart appear after his stop , he chased me down and went for a kamikaze late brake into Brooklands but lost it and tagged me , fortunately I held it and carried on , he caught me again a couple of laps later and did it cleanly this time at same place , followed him home .
During the racing I discovered that if I had a car near me going into the complex after the pits , the frame rate dropped dramatically and I couldn’t turn or brake properly , this cleared by the time I got to woodcote and was ok for the rest of the lap
Qually
Going off lap times I was not expecting greater than 6 or 7th and that’s how it turned out , wasn’t really happy on this track but I was satisfied with what I got .
Race 1
Got a good start and dropped in behind H , went into the complex and all hell broke loose with my car , she wouldn’t brake or turn properly and was all over the place , I thought something had broken , to compound the problem whilst wrestling with the car I selected neutral , the poor guy behind me (Cookie I think) must have been having a nightmare wondering what the hell I was doing , fortunately I gathered it up and got going not loosing any places , saw H and G battling ahead and was slowly catching them , but found I had the same problem each lap at the complex and started to approach it more tentatively , G went wide so I followed H through , we stayed this way until lap 6 when I went for my pitstop , G followed me in but was a lot faster than me and rear ended me which spun me , fortunately no damage occurred , pitstop (43sec) went OK , the rest of the race went ok , I had G behind me for part of it but I could see he was struggling to stay with me so I felt ok apart from the ongoing problem with the complex , saw G go off so I just relaxed , without him near me I could take the complex fine , had a scary moment near the end when Jesus and Nikos tangled at turn 1 just in front of me , fortunately they spun away from the line I was on .
Race 2
Started ok missed the carnage , handled the complex better this time and was 4th , chased by H , was managing to hold him then the flying Dutchman arrived and made short work of the pair of us , pitted on lap 6 and managed to spin on the green pit lane luckily no damage , came out on a clear track but then saw Bart appear after his stop , he chased me down and went for a kamikaze late brake into Brooklands but lost it and tagged me , fortunately I held it and carried on , he caught me again a couple of laps later and did it cleanly this time at same place , followed him home .
Understeer - is when you hit the wall with the front of the car
Oversteer - is when you hit the wall with the back of the car
Horsepower - is how fast you hit the wall
Torque - is how far you move the wall when you hit it
Oversteer - is when you hit the wall with the back of the car
Horsepower - is how fast you hit the wall
Torque - is how far you move the wall when you hit it